House Republicans’ narrow majority could get even smaller if Democrats flip Santos’ old seat on Tuesday

The special election to replace ousted Congressman George Santos has become an expensive slugfest for both parties. Polling shows former Congressman Tom Suozzi, who left Congress for a failed gubernatorial…

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Sen. Chris Murphy, who helped broker the failed border security package, says it’s ‘worrying’ that Mitch McConnell couldn’t deliver more votes: ‘No one is in charge over there’

Murphy, who spent months working with GOP Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona to design immigration legislation that could pass in the narrowly-divided Senate,…

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Ohio GOP Senate candidate endorsed by Trump deleted tweets critical of the former president

Bernie Moreno, a Republican businessman running for the US Senate in Ohio, once said there was “no scenario” in which he would support Donald Trump. He’s called Trump a “fake…

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Crenshaw hits GOP colleagues opposed to border deal: ‘The height of stupidity’

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) swiped at his Republican colleagues for opposing a deal being crafted in the Senate that pairs border and migration policy changes with Ukraine aid before the…

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Rep. McGovern (D-MA) to GOP colleagues: “Please stop making things up, and stop claiming the border is open. It is not.”

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) criticized Republicans’ comments on the border in response to remarks by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on the House floor as the chamber debated the rules for…

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Arizona Republican Proposes Bill That Would Allow Politicians To Overturn Elections

Arizona state Sen. Anthony Kern (R), a “fake elector” for Donald Trump in 2020 who was also photographed on Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack, has filed a longshot…

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House Republicans cry James Comer’s “clueless investigation” is a “disaster”: report

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is losing support among his GOP colleagues over his handling of the Biden impeachment probe, with some declaring the inquiry chocks up to…

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Republicans Who Screamed About A Crisis On The Border Now Oppose A Plan To Fix It

WASHINGTON ― For months, Republicans have shouted from the rooftops about a migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border and how President Joe Biden needs to act to address it, insisting…

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McConnell Reportedly Turning on Border Bill to Appease Trump

Previously, McConnell has faithfully backed the passing of bipartison legislation which would tighten immigration restrictions and provide aid to Ukraine, but in the meeting, McConnell floated splitting the bill. “When…

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